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SFIRAEA— continued 



down below. Fls. white or cream, in branched clusters forming long 



arching sprays of bloom. Himalaya. (Fig. 95 b.) 

 S. crenata. 5. May. D. Ls. ov., i, toothed at apex or entire, 3-nerved. Fls. 



white, in small rounded clusters. South-east Europe. (Fig. 95 c.) 

 S. discolor (S. ariaefolia, Holodiscus discolor). 12. June-July. D. Stems 



erect, but arching or drooping at top, ribbed. Ls. ov., 3, lobed, lobes 



toothed, grey-felted below. Fls. creamy white, in large drooping panicles. 



Fruit non-splitting. North-west America. (Fig. 36 H.) 

 S. Douglasii. 6. July-August. D. Stems reddish-felted when young. Ls. 



lane, 4, coarsely toothed towards end, dark green above, grey-felted 



below. Fls. purplish rose, in large erect terminal panicles; stamens pink. 



North-west America. (Fig. 95 d.) 

 S. japonica. 5. July-August. D. Stems erect, shining brown. Ls. lane, 4, 



coarsely toothed, dark green above, glaucous below. Fls. red in large 



flat terminal panicles. China and Japan. (Fig. 95 j.) 

 Variety Bumalda. Dwarf. 

 Variety Bumalda Anthony Waterer. Fls. brilliant carmine. 



S. [Sihiraea) laevigata. 6. May. D. Branches stout, erect, reddish brown. 



Ls. ov., 3, entire, tapering base, bluish green, hairless. Fls. white, in 



terminal panicles. Siberia. 

 S. media {S. confusa). 6. April-May. D. Stems cylindrical, hairless. Ls. 



ov., toothed near apex or entire. Fls. white, in erect racemes. Europe. 



(Fig. 95 L.) 



S. Menziesii. 5. July-August. D. Stems erect, brown, suckering freely; 

 buds hairy. Ls. ov., lane, 3, toothed in outer half, grey-green and downy 

 below. Fls. rose-coloured, in large erect panicles. West North America. 

 (Fig. 95 E.) 



Variety triumphans. Ls. toothed nearly to base. 



S. prunifolia,\iinety fiorepleno. 6. April-May. D. Stems arching. Ls. ov., 

 1 1, finely and evenly toothed, downy below. Fls. double, white, in small 

 clusters produced in profusion. China and Japan. (Fig. 95 k.) 



S. salicifolia. Bridewort. 6. June-July. D. Stems erect, hairless, suckering 

 freely. Ls. lane, 3, sharply toothed, green on both sides. Fls. pinkish 

 white, crowded in erect terminal panicles. Europe (including Britain) to 

 Japan. (Fig. 95 h.) 



S. Thunbergii. 5. March-April. D. Stems slender, angled, downy. Ls. 

 linear, lane, i, teeth incurved, green on both sides. Fls. white, in small 

 clusters on leafless twigs. China and Japan. (Fig. 52 k.) 



S. tomentosa. Steeplebush, Hardback. 5. August-September. D. Stems 

 erect, suckering freely, brown-felted when young. Ls. ov., 3, coarsely 

 toothed almost to base, dark green above, tawny-felted below. Fls. 

 red, in erect branching panicles. U.S.A. (Fig. 95 f.) 



S.VanHouttei. 6. May-June. D. Stems arching, hairless, brown. Ls. obov., 

 I, often lobed, coarsely toothed in outer half, dark green above, glaucous 

 below. Fls. white, in small clusters in great profusion. Hybrid. (Fig. 

 95 N.) {S. cantoniensis similar, but Is. narrower and longer.) China. 



S. Veitchii. 12. June-July. D. Stems arching, reddish brown. Ls. usually 

 in two opposite rows, ov., lane, i|, entire, blunt-ended (with minute 



